Saturday, April 27

Deadly Explosions in Karachi Leaves Four People Dead




There were three deadly explosions in Karachi on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead including a female child, and several others with different scores of injuries, hospital officials say.

According to police reports, two bombs targeted secular political parties in the country, while a third went off close to a Shia mosque.

Local police official, Zahid Hussain, said that the Muttahida Quami Movement office in Qasba Colony area was the target of the first bomb, which killed one person and wounded 24 others.

With the office not being open at the time of the attack, four people were injured by a hand grenade tossed close to a Shia mosque, he added.

According to police officer Azam Baloch, another bomb planted on a motorbike exploded during a political meeting held by the Pakistan People’s Party. Three people were killed including a seven-year old girl, and about 21 others were wounded in the explosion.

No one has claimed responsibility for these attacks, but it came only hours after a car bomb rocked an election office in the same town, killing at least 10 people. The Pakistani Taliban had threatened to cause harm to the political parties who were coalition partners in the outgoing government.

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